Federal regulators will begin adding special icons on the CMS Nursing Home Compare website to help families identify which facilities have been cited for incidents of nursing home abuse and neglect.…
New York has agreed to pay $6 million to the families of three women who say they suffered years of abuse and neglect, including physical assaults, at a state-run nursing home.…
Nursing homes and long-term care facilities are emerging as a major vector for the spread of drug-resistant candida auris infections, due to neglect and understaffing, according to a new report.…
Many Florida nursing homes may not be prepared for this hurricane season two years after a number of deaths, even as the first monster storm bears down on the coast.…
A new study finds that dementia patients treated at home may be more prone to injury and to suffer from unmet medical needs.…
A new report warns that Pennsylvania is ill-prepared for the coming influx of nursing home residents, which may leave them vulnerable to neglect and abuse.…
A new study finds that residents in nursing homes with high numbers of patients with serious mental illness face a higher chance of adverse health events, even if they are not mentally ill themselves.…
Patients transitioning from hospitals to nursing homes face an increased risk of complications and adverse events, according to the findings of a new study.…
A new report reveals that many incidents of nursing home neglect and abuse go unreported, even though the cause of such injuries should raise red flags.…
Two senators have procured the release of a list of 400 under-performing nursing homes, which federal regulators had previously kept hidden and now promise to update and release on a monthly basis for the public.
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